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THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1916

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THE MINER WAR BULLETINS

(MONDAY, NoV.7
(Camas nov 77

London: French troops smash-
ed the German lines hard north
of- the Somme, in the St. Pierre
Vaast sector, on Sunday, making
important gains. The ground

captured includes three trenches,
, de Warlencourt.

on the northern side of the wood
and the entire German positions
on the southern outsltirts,

The British advanced also on a
front of a thousand yards, taking | °
hills in the neighborhond of
Butte de Warlencourt.

On Saturday night strong Ger-
man forces entered a British.
trench near Guinchy, seven miles
east of Bethune, but were im-
mediately expelled. The enemy
launched a counter-attack east of
Gueudecourt, but suffered very
heavy loss.

Northeast of Armentieres the
British successfully raided enemy
trenches. .

Paris: In the Verdun region
the French have taken Vaux en-
tirely and have also occupied the
town of Damloup, capturing 522
prisoners, including 15 offieers.

London: In the Transylvanian
_Alps the Roumanians and Teutons
are still at deadly grips. Both
sides claim successes,

Rome: Continuing their new
offensive in the Carso region, the
Italians yesterday advanced in the
direction of the Wippach river
for a distance of more than one
kilometer, taking many prisoners.

In the first two days of the of-
fensive the Teutons lost 89,000
men, 7 /

London: Huns have been over-
thrown in another encounter in
German East Africa. General
Northey’s troops took 100 prison-
ers, § machine puns, and a quan-
tity of munitions. Fighting eon-
tinues.

Petrograd: Stubborn battles
are raging in Galicia.

Amsterdam: Germany has de-
-dided to make thé safety of neu-
tral ships, carrying neutral’ car-
goes, dependent upon a guarantee
that no part of such cargoes shall
be landed at any British port.

“La Libertad, San Salvador: The
British warship . Rainbow is re-
ported to have sunk a German
steamer off Bahia Salinas, Costa
Rica. Rainbow officers would
not confirm the report,

( TUESDAY, NOY. ")

London: The French frontvin
‘the Verdun region is relieved of
the dangerous bends and galients
north and northeast of the city,
by the smashing victéries at Vaux
and Damloup. The French armies
‘are now set for further advances
against the Germans i in this sec-
' tor,

Advances north of the Somme
* have likewise made possible flank-
ing operations | against Boucha-
vesnes and Biaches, .

British victories on the bank of
’ the Anere have nade the G Geiman
‘positions at Grandcour't and: Pys/:
., diingerous. to ‘hold iatich longer.

Paris: Germati forees yeater-| -

day made. important “counter-at-
_ tacks on the newly-consolidated
' French ' positions between: ‘St.
- Pierre Vaast wood and Sail ly-Sail-,
lisel, being: partially, auccessful int
"the, wood and. vat, Sailllsel,." Bilge-
where. the enémy was § repulled,

J hundred casualties. -

Paris: At St. Pierre Vaast the
French have made another ad-
vanee, capturing 1000 Germans
and a number of guns.

London: German forees, ina
strong attack during the night,
forced the British to evacuate a
portion of the ground reeently
won in the neighborhood of Butte

East of Les Boeufs the British
consolidated the positions taken
yesterday.

General Haig reports success-
ful raids again near Armentieres
and in the ¥pres sector.

Bucharest; The Teutonic ad-
vance from the Black Sea to the
Danube has been checked by: the
Roumanians, with the aid of Rus-
sians. We have taken the offen-
sive and forced the enemy to re-
tire at several points. . Before
retreating the Teutons burned
the villages of Daenig, Alicif,
Rosinan and. Haidar.

On the Transylvanian front the

Roumanians have for some time
heid the upper hand, forcing the
enemy to give ground.: Our aid-
vance has now stopped, the enemy
having brought up reinforce-:
ments. In Predeal Pass we met
with a reverge,our forces retreat-
ing after stubborn battles.
' Petrograd: The violent offen-
sive undertaken hy the Germans
with the object of capturing com-
manding heights east of Lipitzad
Vinia, west of Silaventzin, con-
tinues with unabated fury,

Katherina, Greece:
battalion‘arrived yesterday to oc-
cupy the town. It is believed the
Venezelist and royalist troops will
leave immediately,’ thus solving
the difficulty which has arisen
here, _

Rome: Italian torpedo boats
daringly penetrated to the an-
chorage of the Austrian fleet at
Pola, the great naval base and
argénal on the Adriatic. They
fired two torpedoes at large war-
ships and returned unscathed
after making a comprehensive
reconnaissance under the guns of
the fort,

Italian torpedo. boats sank a
large enemy steamer, with one

—
, WEDNES., NOV. & .
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London: There has been con-
tinued activity on practically all
fronts, with severe fighting at
some points,: during the past 24
hours.

developed strong offénsives, with
what appears to have been grati-
fying success in some instances.

In St. Pierre Vaagt wood Freyeh|
troops continued combing out the |.
Germans who were not expelled |

or captured during the first rush-
‘es. A successful raid was con-

British positions about Butte de
Warlencourt, south of ; Bapaume,

where the moat terrific fighting a Ly

of the Somme offensive eentred,.
were improved last night. . ..

" The British front at Les Beoufs . - ara
Rain’ pre: ce

was severely shelled."
vailed all day. eis

Paris: |

men,’ and 1449 officers, as welhaa
988 machine: ‘guns, 178 field gin
‘and:215 trench ‘inortara,:

alone edptured 41; 608.

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-At all‘but one or two of |:
these points the Entente armies |’

ducted’ by British détachments oa
on German trenches near Herre, |.

‘On the Somme “front :
‘from, June 1~ to Novy,’ 1, Franeo: .
Britishs forces’ captured 71,682 |

Cannonading.continues on the
Somme front and on the right
bank of the Meuse. Nancy has
again been bombarded by air
squadrons.

French troops took German po-
‘sitions on’ a? front of two and a

half miles, from Chaulnes wood
to Ablaincourt refinery.
than 500 prisoners surrendered.

London: Bucharest despatches |
say the Roumanian army has ad-
vanced along the whole. front in
Dobrudja. No change occurred
on the Transylvanian front.

German.and Austrian losses in

-|the Juil Valley fighting, on the

Roumanian froritier, exceed a

| division and a half,

Rome: An Austrian submarine
which attacked a transport: laden
with troops was destroyed by the
torpedo boat escort. The trans-
port was undamaged.

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( THURSDAY, NOV. 9 )

Paris: The French have taken
German positions on a front of
four kilometers, extending from
Chaulnes wood, at the southern
end of the Somme front, to seuth-
east of Ablaincourt refinery.” ‘The
villages of Ablaincourt and Pres-
soir and Ablaincourt cemetery
have been captured. More than
500 prisoners were taken.

Positions. captured at Ablain-
court and Pressoir were subjected
to heavy bombardment by Ger-

|man big guns. -

London: . The British front in
Lies Beeufs area of the Somme
front was severely shelled by the
Germans, 7D

German communications and | h;

support trenches in the neighbor-7,

hood of Armentieres and Wyts-

chaete were bombarded last night.
Rain prevailed all day. —

Berlin : . Roumanian -- troops
made further small advances in
northern Roumania,

London: General Haig’s re-
port says the enemy shélied the
British lines west’ of Beaumont
and Hamel. An snsuccessful raid
by German troops marked last
night’s operationa: ~

There is intermittent cafnon-

_fading-on the Verdun front. Elge-

where the day was quiet. :
London:: The P, & 0. liner

Arabia, 7983 tons, carrying 437|.

passengers, including 169 women
and ehildren, was sunk. without

‘ More].

wainihg in the: Mediterranean.
The steamer was en route from
Sydney, N.S.W., to London,
The American steamer Colum-
bian, 8580 tons, was attacked by
two submarines near Brest. - No
details have been received, -

Ottawa; The Hearst news-
papers have been barred from
the Canadian mail Ss.

London: Speaking at “the lord
mayor’s banquet, Field-Marshal
French said: “It seems that the
contest is approaching its climax,
whieh will come now or in the
spring. The climax and end are
not necessarily the same things.”

Petrograd: . General Brusiloff
says: “The war is won today.
There is merely speculation as to
how much longer before ‘the
enemy is convinced that his cause
is irretrievably lost.’* -

Bucharest: The Roumanian of-
fensive in Dobrudja.is gaining
momentum, and more gains were
made yesterday, Mackensen’s for-
ces being driven., still further]?
south, . The town of Hirsova has
been retaxen from the enemy.

The Bulgarians, in retreat along ||

the whole line, are déstroying all
villages as they retire, They have
now been driven back 25 miles.

London: Teutonic attacks in
the Drapora valley, in. Transyl-
vania, have been repulsed.

Russians have made further
advances southward from Dorna
Watra. :

In the Jiul valley the Austeiang,

receiving heavy reinforcements; ,
have turned. and attempted the]:
Thus -far they have £-

offensive,
been unsuccessful. .

Berlin admits Roumanian gains :
in the Tulghes Pass, out claims aj 4

near the Redlza Paas.

Prince Henry of Bavaria has|;

been Killed i in action:

‘Berlin: ‘Bethmann-Hollweg : an-| 3

nounced today that after ending
the war Germany would co-oper-
ate -in an endeavor: to procuré
lasting peace by means of an
international league,

London: On the British front
every thing rs unusually quiet,

Bad weather. continues. to re-
tard operations | in Macedonia.

Twenty-tivo ‘tons of explosives
were found in a dugout é¢aptured

by Canadian troops,

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